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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I have been really busy lately making cards and gifts but have not had a chance to post them. And it looks like my son is going to be an early teether like his sister was (first tooth at 3 mos!) he's been pretty cranky lately because he seems to be working on cutting a canine....as a nursing mommy I have to say I'm not too keen on his choice of first teeth!! Since it doesn't look like things are going to let up any time soon I figured I should at least share a little eye-candy with you and hopefully I can fill in the details later. Enjoy!

This first card was made for a little cousin's 10th b-day, I LOVE making kids cards, their so much fun!!This is the card I made for my Aunt and Uncle's 60th b-day. They both love the sea and go there every summer so their kids threw them a beach themed party.This is the father's day card I made for my owl-loving husband, it's actually a big card at 8.5x5.5in.My husband really wanted his own copy of this photo for work so I thought I would scrap it up a bit for him.This card was made using some of my daughters art, of course I could not convince her to use any other color than purple so I had to get creative with the colour scheme to make it more masculine.This card I made for my Papa, I know it's an odd combitnation but, we always had daxies (wiener dogs) growing up and my dad has really gotten into wine making lately!Cards don't always have to make sense do they? I guess I was in a bit of an odd mood making this one for my father inlaw...I just had to use that adorable raccoon!!And finally...the reason I so desperately need a door on my craft room.... Apparently rolls of ribbon are far too tempting to a three year old!!! I was just glad to have recently removed my retiring ribbons from the bar!Happy Stampin'!

Saturday, June 20, 2009

I generally always make 4.25x5.5 inch cards either vertical or horizontal simply because you can get 2 out of an 8.5x11 inch piece of cardstock and of course they fit the SU! envies perfectly but, every once in a while it's fun to step out and try something different. Here are a couple of my recent experiments:

This first one is called a Tri-Shutter card and it really intrigued me when I spotted a similar one on Split Coast Stampers. I searched around until I found a tutorial for it and I was pleasantly surprised to find out just how easy it was to make! (Tutorial Here) I had to adjust the measurements a little for my card as I had already made the tree on the front panel and did not want to have to cut it down. I also chose to use our great 'To the Nines" specialty paper instead of plain cardstock so I did not have to do much additional decorating.

The front image was done by brayering yellows and oranges on glossy cardstock then stamping the tree and such in chocolate chip ink. To get the moon/sun I simply made a mask by punching a circle out of a sticky note and then brayered right over it. I also chose to add a little more depth around the edges by sponging on some chocolate chip ink.

Ha! I just noticed that my daughter plunked her water glass in the shot right before I took this pic! But,I guess if I really wanted professional looking pics I would invest in some sort of a light tent or something! Anyhow, here are the deets:

This last card was loads of fun to do, I have long been an admirer of punch art but, only rarely tried it myself. Punch art is a great thing to do when you need a certain image for your card that you don't have a rubber stamp for. I needed a Bday card for my daughter's dragon loving little friend but, I didn't have an even remotely dragonish stamp. The hinged egg card was inspired by the many many hinged cards that came out on SCS around easter of this year. I created the punched dragon after looking at piles of different punched animals again on SCS. If you ever want to figure out how to make a certain object or character with punches I highly suggest doing a search of the SCS galleries for “punch art” + “animal/object desired”. There are some uber talented punch artists out there, and it's a great source for inspiration!

Wow it took me 4 days to create this post because my little fellah is teething (already!!) and I could not get more than a couple minutes at a time to work on this. I guess in the future if you see a post that only has a pic. you'll know that I had another crazy week and I will add details as I can!!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

I was really worried that I might not have anything to share with you this week. I finally found my camera, which has been MIA for almost a month, but was pretty upset when I discovered that the ten or so photos of recent projects were corrupted and unusable! Unfortunately all of these projects had been given away as gifts too so tracking down new photos was not going to be an easy task!

Since I could not post what I had planned to I went pouring through my old project photos and found 2 cards that I never got around to sharing (occasionally procrastination pays off!) So here they are:

This first one was really fun to make, I actually made it for my chiropractor to thank him for being such a good sport with my daughter (she freaked out and went into total hysterics when she saw a skeleton in a corner of the room). I forgot to share this project because he never did get thecard, on the way to his office Gabby's water bottle sprung a leak and completely drenched it! Oh well...it's the thought?I used the Just Jawing stamp set that I earned free during a promotion this fall. It's a really fun and trendy set. I just wish I had more chances to use it!...Hmmm... I have a couple of teen cousins with B-days coming up...It just might get inked again soon!{Recipe}Stamps: Just Jawing, Classic stripesPaper: Kraft, Whisper White, Pacific Point, Kiwi KissInks:Basic black, VersaMark, Encore Silver, basic grey markerTools & Acc.: Top Note die, small star punch, Tombow adhesive, Chunky Essentials silver glitter. Pacific Point Striped GG ribbon.

This next card was the first one I made when I got my Beautiful Butterflies die (I love it!!). The Butterflies are the perfect size for cards or scrapbook pages, and they layer beautifully. I pulled the colour combo directly from the Urban Garden DSP (Retiring{sigh}) and the layout was based on an old sketch challenge from SCS . I hummed and hawed for a long time about what I could use for the butterflies body and in the end I settled on pleating some satin Kiwi Kiss ribbon (using sticky strip) and adding a clear rhinestone brad for the head.{Recipe}Stamps:Paper: Baja Breeze, Not quite navy, Kiwi Kiss, Taste of textiles vellum & Urban Garden DSPInks:Baja Breeze & Not Quite NavyTools & Acc.: Beautiful Butterflies die, Cosmo fine glitter. kiwi kiss satin ribbon, clear rhinestone brad, sticky strip.

That's it for tonight. The lady in brown is supposed to be delivering my new catalogue and preview goodies tomorrow, so hopefully I will have something cool to share then. {Eeek!} I can hardly wait!!!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

It's time to say goodbye. Stampin' Up! released the Last Chance Stamps list yesterday. On June 30th we will be saying farewell to a few old faves as well as some fairly recent releases so make sure to take a look and send me your order before the end of the month.

{My Special Offer}I will be having a draw for one of the retiring Hostess sets at the end of the month. You will receive one entry for every stamp set ordered from the Last Chance List this month!! So good luck and have fun shopping!

Stampin' Up! released the Last Chance Accessories list yesterday and many items are up to 50% off! Items are only available while supplies last, so if there is something you would like order now!

I waited a couple of hours on placing my order and missed out on my one 'have to have it' item {SOBB!!} So don't do like me! If there are some items here you absolutely must have, please place an online order through my SU! website ASAP to guarantee you don't miss out.

If you're feeling lucky and would like to save on shipping you can send me your order by e-mail (nlt@shaw.ca) and I will submit orders everytime I have enough to make up the minimum shipping amount, and keep you posted!

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About Me

Born and raised in Edmonton, I have been creating in one way or another all of my life I have toyed with nearly every art or craft medium imaginable but, I have happily settled on watercolour as my creative outlet.I am a mother of two and have finally returned to painting now that my children are both in school. I love bold colour, observing nature on a macro scale and playing with interesting angles.
The central theme to all my art is the pursuit of joy. Sometimes I paint things that spark joy in me and sometimes it is simply the process of creation that brought me that spark. I hope when you see my work you will feel that joy and perhaps fall in love again with this beautiful world. ;)